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I often get requests for big tutorials for video editing and digital compositing, but due to a tight schedule I can never seem to get the time to do just that. But I managed to create this post and I hope that it will be helpful to some degree, wether you are a beginner or not.

All these pointer are to help you create a more believable manip/scene. The examples below will consist mostly of Non-Disney crossovers, but these tips  are useful in any kind of visual storytelling, especially film. ;)

PS: If there is another cinematic guideline that you think I should write about, send me a message and I might add it here later. 

THE CHARACTERS´ SIZE 

 If the characters are just beside each-other, then they should be around the same size (not taking hight and build into account). The reason why this is important is because if the characters are not the same size it will either look really off, and/or give the impression that they are not close to one-another at all. 

St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, United Kingdom,

King Arthur at Tintagel

At a board games night a trivia question came up that read "What English county is known for its pasties" and every Cornish person in the room without hesitation replied "it's not English". I don't know how they feel about independence, the response is just automatic

Growing up my Cornish mother taught me about the Cornish language and independence movement. She doesn't really care about Cornish independence but it was important to her that I knew about it

Back when I still liked Harry Potter (fuck jkr) I mentioned Professor Trelawny to her and it turned into a lesson about The Song of the Western Men. She told me that in primary school their houses were named after important people from Cornish history (Trelawny, Trevithick, Landor and Davey iirc). Someone once told me that England invented the steam train and my mum immediately responded "No, it was invented by Trevithick" (not sure how you could mistake him for an Englishman when his name was Trevithick)